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'''Parkes''' may refer to:
* Sir [[Henry Parkes]], Australian politician and "Father of Federation"
There are also several things named after him:
* [[Parkes, New South Wales]], a regional town
* [[Parkes Observatory]], a radio telescope near Parkes, New South Wales
* [[Parkes, Australian Capital Territory]], a suburb of Canberra
* the [[Division of Parkes (1901-69)]], an abolished Sydney electorate in the Australian House of Representatives
* the [[Division of Parkes]], a current regional electorate in the House of Representatives
* the [[Tenterfield School of Arts]] known as the Sir Henry Parkes School of Arts, a museum in the building where Parkes made the famous "Tenterfield Oration"
In addition, '''Parkes''' may refer to:
* [[Walter F. Parkes]], an American screenwriter and producer
* [[Parkes process]], a pyrometallurgical industrial process
* UK cartoonist [[Larry (cartoonist)|Larry]], born Terence Parkes.
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